On this day, March 9, 1907, pulp illustrator Ralph Ellef Carlson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Initially Carlson studied art by correspondence and in the early 30s he took courses at Minnesota State. In Minneapolis, Carlson worked for Fawcett Publications. In 1934 he moved to New York City where he continued to produce for the pulps
On this day, March 8, 1968, comic artist, illustrator, and graphic novelist Ellen Forney was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forney studied psychology at Wesleyan University. Some of Forney's production is autobiographical and some reflects the tenor of the time. She has illustrated Sherman Alexie’s novel for young adults, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
On this day, March 7, 1838, illustrator and inventor Benjamin Henry Day, Jr. was born in New York City. After studying in Paris, Day returned to the U. S. and began working for Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper and Harper’s Weekly. Day contributed more than 20 illustrations to Mark Twain’s A Tramp Abroad but he was perhaps best
On this day, March 6, 1986, pulp illustrator Jack Binder died in Chestertown, New York. Binder’s family emigrated to the U. S. when Jack was six years old. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and then he worked in the art department of the Field Museum of Natural History. In 1937
On this day, March 5, 1862, illustrator of humorous drawings and children’s books, Peter Newell born McDonough County, Illinois. In the 1880s and 90s, Newell’s humorous drawings and poems appeared in numerous popular magazines. Later he wrote and illustrated children’s books. His comic strip, The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead appear in the New York Herald.
On this day, March 4, 1892, cartoonist and illustrator Rex Hayden Maxon was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Maxon studied art in St. Louis and worked on the staff of the St. Louis Republic. He moved to New York in 1917 and worked for several newspapers. In 1929 Maxon succeeded Harold Foster as the artist on the
On this day, March 3, 2012, conceptual designer and illustrator Ralph McQuarrie died in Berkeley, California. After serving in Korea, he studied art at the Art Center School in Los Angeles. He worked as a technical illustrator for Boeing and designed film posters and some animation for CBS New’s coverage of the Apollo space program. In
On this day, March 2, 1933, illustrator Leo Dillon was born on Brooklyn, New York. Dillon was trained at Parsons School of Design in New York, where he met his wife and collaborator, Diane Dillon. Together they created both science fiction illustrations and images for children’s literature. In 1975 and 76 they were awarded consecutive Caldecott
On this day, March 1, 1940, Warren Dayton was born in Sacramento, California. Dayton studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. In the 60s Dayton pioneered reproducing wearable art on t-shirts. He produced posters during the psychedelic explosion and in 1974 he founded Prints of Peace.
On this day, February 28, 1913, illustrator John Coleman “Jack” Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois. The son of Edgar Rice Burroughs, at the age of 23 Jack illustrated one of his father’s books. He went on to illustrate all of his fathers books and the John Carter Sunday newspaper strip.